Balenciaga

The French fashion house, which collaborated with the rapper on a line sold at Gap, is walking away from the relationship after he repeatedly used hate speech.

[appears in advertising campaigns](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kim-kardashian-west-balenciaga-campaign-1235059289/) for Balenciaga, and her extended family. [Demna](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/steven-klein-paris-balenciaga-opera-laquan-smith-capsule-1235383320/) served as creative director for an earlier listening event for the album last year. Faced with violent public backlash over the show, Ye publicly attacked everyone from fashion editors to former friends and luxury mogul Bernard Arnault. Ye last month terminated his partnership with Gap Inc., signaling an increasingly combative attitude that has also left his 10-year relationship with Adidas hanging in the balance. The image has been removed from Balenciaga’s website. [Balenciaga](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kelsea-balenciaga-cmt-artists-of-the-year-2022-yellow-dress-1235388212/) has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist,” [Kering](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/luxury-brands-flock-to-inaugural-edition-of-paris-plus-by-art-basel-fair-1235394350/) said in a response to a query from WWD.

Fashion powerhouse Balenciaga has officially cut ties with Kanye West following a series of anti-Semitic posts and other controversial comments from the ...

Gap first announced its 10-year deal with Ye for the Yeezy Gap brand in June 2020, but West said last month he was [ending his partnership with the Gap](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/business/kanye-west-gap-termination) because of “substantial noncompliance.” [restricted](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/09/entertainment/kanye-west-twitter-account-locked/index.html) earlier this month for violating policies for posts containing antisemitic content. [reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/style/kanye-west-balenciaga-demna.html) that West and Balenciaga’s relationship has been a close one and that he and creative director Demna Gvasalia text “several times a day.” But Gvasalia and Cédric Charbit, Balenciaga’s chief executive, reportedly attended the ill-fated Paris fashion show where West wore one of his controversial line of [“White Lives Matter” ](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/entertainment/kanye-west-runway-controversy/index.html)shirts. [reviewing its partnership](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/business/kanye-west-adidas-partnership-review) with West after an increasingly tense relationship grew between the two. Kering did not respond to CNN Business’ requests for comment. [collaborated with Balenciaga for a wildly popular Yeezy Gap line](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/business/yeezy-gap-balenciaga) earlier this year.

The decision comes less than a month after Ye opened Balenciaga's summer 2023 show at Paris Fashion Week.

This claim has resulted in a lawsuit from Floyd’s family. Days later, on Oct. 15, shortly after Ye claimed that he had cut ties with Gap, the retailer confirmed that its 10-year partnership with Yeezy had come to an end.

The high-fashion firm and its creative director Demna have long collaborated with and inspired West in his apparel-industry ventures, including a cosign on ...

Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League and other groups condemned West’s various remarks and urged his business collaborators to end their relationships with him. You’re used to getting screwed by the Jewish media.” On the same podcast West also claimed, falsely, that George Floyd’s died from a fentanyl overdose (a police officer suffocated Floyd). Morgan and the Gap. The blood of Christ.” On the popular rap podcast “Drink Champs,” West said “Jewish people have owned the Black voice. Demna and West reportedly had a close friendship as well. There’s no ego when we collaborate, just a mutual drive to evolve and do something great and new,” he told Vogue.

On Friday, WWD reported that Balenciaga has officially cut ties with Ye. The news came in the form of a statement from Kering, the brand's parent company, ...

[Ye opened the summer 2023 Balenciaga show](https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/cathy-horyn-paris-fashion-review-balenciaga-and-valentino.html), which took place in a mud pit. [Demna](https://www.thecut.com/2021/12/balenciaga-designer-demna-name.html), Balenciaga’s creative director, who also goes by just his first name, have had a fruitful [collaborative relationship](https://www.thecut.com/2022/01/kanye-west-made-a-yeezy-gap-balenciaga-collaboration-happen.html). He then proceeded to [bully](https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/gigi-hadid-ye-bullying-yzy.html) its critics on Instagram and created a rift between himself and others within the industry. Later that same week, he hosted his own [YZY show](https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/cathy-horyn-paris-fashion-week-review-kanye-hems-and-more.html) in Paris, which featured a “White Lives Matter” [T-shirt](https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/kanye-west-white-lives-matter-shirt.html). Way back in 2016, Ye declared that he was going to “ [steal Demna from Balenciaga](https://www.thecut.com/2016/02/kanye-balenciaga-demna-gvasalia-twitter.html).” Of course, that never happened, but the designer did work with him on his Donda 2 tour last summer, and in January, they launched [Yeezy Gap](https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/kanye-west-yeezy-gap.html) Engineered by Balenciaga. There’s no ego when we collaborate, just a mutual drive to evolve and do something great and new.” Ye terminated his partnership with Gap last month, but his collections are still for sale, although in some cases now [discounted](https://twitter.com/jacobwgallagher/status/1583085829895114753?s=20&t=F3mqwB9XA78JLv57Ltb_QA). The news came in the form of a statement from Kering, the brand’s parent company, following the publication of its third-quarter results yesterday. He has since been locked out of [Twitter and Instagram](https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/kanye-west-anti-semitic-tweets.html) for antisemitic comments, and his partnership with Adidas is “under review.” [symptoms of mania](https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/kanye-west-bipolar-disorder.html), has always had a push-and-pull relationship with the fashion industry, but it remains to be seen whether or not this is the final straw. The brand did not immediately respond for additional comment this morning. [reported](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/demna-balenciaga-breaks-up-with-ye-anti-semitic-threats-hate-speech-1235397358/) that Balenciaga has officially cut ties with Ye after he made a series of antisemitic comments [in recent interviews](https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/george-floyd-family-plans-to-sue-kanye-west.html). “He makes me come out of my comfort zone and be a better designer.

In recent weeks, Ye (Kanye West) has made controversial statements including antisemitic social media posts and has moved to cut ties with his corporate ...

He also walked the runway for Balenciaga’s fashion show in Paris earlier this month. The French fashion house last collaborated with Ye on a project with his Yeezy label and Gap that debuted earlier this year. Representatives for the company didn’t respond to requests for further comment.

Kanye West has just had one of his most important relationships in the fashion world ended ... Balenciaga has reportedly cut ties with Ye.

Balenciaga has reportedly cut ties with Ye. [multi-billion-dollar deal with Adidas](https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/06/kanye-west-partnership-adidas-under-review-white-lives-matter/) -- a partnership the brand has reportedly said was "under review." [walking the runway](https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/02/kanye-west-covered-in-mud-balenciaga-fashion-show-paris/) -- and generating a ton of attention for the brand.